diff --git a/internal/worker/notifications.go b/internal/worker/notifications.go
index cd974f9..f3cc820 100644
--- a/internal/worker/notifications.go
+++ b/internal/worker/notifications.go
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ func (nw *notificationsWorker) Start() error {
 
 	nw.logger.Info("starting up notifications worker", zap.Int("consumers", nw.consumers))
 
-	prefetchLimit := int64(nw.consumers * 20)
-
-	if err := queue.StartConsuming(prefetchLimit, pollDuration); err != nil {
+	if err := queue.StartConsuming(int64(nw.consumers/4), pollDuration); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}